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Article: Garden vendors work to keep their businesses growing.
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- Home Accents Today
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- October 1, 2008
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By Jenny Heinzen York
Cite 'staycation' phenomenon, importance of outdoor living as keys to strength
Garden products vendors are keeping busy this fall, despite the dismal economic mood.
The vendors interviewed for Home Accents Today said they are able to stay competitive by staying within their niche, emphasizing the trend for people to stay home, and playing up the ecological and psychological benefits to having a pleasant outdoor space.
Garry Schermann, director of sales for Tag, said times are tough but that his company was keeping its chin up.
"In spite of the fact that there are concerns for the at-once business, we're ...